Climate change due to human interference with fragile ecosystems? No problem - we can just dump 20 tonnes of iron sulphate into the ocean
Dumping iron sulphate into the ocean, or, how to 'geo-engineer' the climate Jim Thomas | 24th February 2009 Comment Technology Geo-engineering Geo-engineer Sea Ocean Fertilisation Techno-fix …
Somebody somewhere has to have a cunning plan to fix our environmental problems and save the world – right? Jim Thomas sorts through the big tech ideas you’ll be reading about this year
What technologies for solving environmental problems will we see in 2009? Jim Thomas | 23rd April 2009 Comment Science Technology Fix Problems Science And Technology Big_Fix_MAIN.jpg Somebody …
The coast of Peru is being blighted by a fishmeal industry that's sprung up to satisfy the West’s voracious appetite for salmon – now marine life, human health and whole ecosystems are paying the price. Andrew Wasley and Jim Wickens report
How our growing appetite for salmon is devastating coastal communities in Peru Andrew Wasley Jim Wickens | 1st December 2008 News Fish Food And Farming Salmon Peru fishybusiness.jpg The coast of Peru …
The thing is, I like urban farming. Rooftop gardens and window boxes excite me. Balconies filled with beans and tomatoes give me hope. Nonetheless, the ‘next big thing’ in urban horticulture has left me cold.
… a package of hybrid seeds, pesticides and fertilisers destroyed soils and tied farmers …
As falling milk prices push dairy farm out of business, new mega-dairies and feedlot operations of 700 or more cows are filling the void, writes Andrew Wasley. Never mind the pollution, slurry lagoons, and heavy plant on country lanes - do we want the cows that produce our milk confined to sheds? And what's the future for traditional dairy farmers with small, well cared for herds?
… way of fertilising land than using chemical fertilisers and the amount slurry was no …
UK fund managers are selling investments in jatropha plantations as a wallet-swelling, planet-saving financial bonanza. But the reality for poor farmers is very different. Andrew Wasley reports
Jatropha biofuels: UK investors sell controversial crop as 'green' Andrew Wasley | 15th February 2010 News Energy Biofuels Jatropha Development jatrophaaa1.jpg UK fund managers are selling …
UK fund managers are selling investments in jatropha plantations as a wallet-swelling, planet-saving financial bonanza. But the reality for poor farmers is very different
Jatropha biofuels: UK investors sell controversial crop as 'green' Andrew Wasley | 15th February 2010 News Energy Biofuels Jatropha Development jatrophaaa1.jpg UK fund managers are selling …
Across Italy an invisible army of migrant workers harvests tomatoes destined for our dinner plates. Paid poverty wages and living in squalor, medical charities have described conditions as 'hell'. Andrew Wasley reports from Basilicata, southern Italy
… acute pressure as plants, irrigation systems, fertilisers, pesticides, and the harvest, all …
US researchers behind a study that showed links between gas drilling and sickness in livestock say a moratorium should be imposed on fracking in the UK until its impact on food safety can be assessed. Andrew Wasley reports
… move away from fossil-fuel based manufactured fertilisers to solar powered. The science …